{"id":8683,"date":"2023-06-16T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?p=8683"},"modified":"2024-05-25T13:56:51","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T12:56:51","slug":"summer-sounds-on-munster-broadcasting-corporation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/summer-sounds-on-munster-broadcasting-corporation\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer sounds on Munster Broadcasting Corporation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2891\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-8683-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/8064AI-A-192.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/8064AI-A-192.mp3\">https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/8064AI-A-192.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/8064AI-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/?powerpress_pinw=8683-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/8064AI-A-192.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"8064AI-A-192.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MBC-EB.jpg\" alt=\"Summer sounds on Munster Broadcasting Corporation\" class=\"wp-image-8684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MBC-EB.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MBC-EB-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/MBC-EB-768x404.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>MBC advert in Phoenix Magazine, 1986 (courtesy Eddie Bohan). <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Munster Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) was one of the smaller Limerick pirates, broadcasting in 1986. Despite the gradiose name, the station was situated in a tiny loft room on Catherine Street in the city centre. It claimed coverage of counties Limerick, Clare and Tipperary on various FM frequencies, but most of the advertisements were from Limerick City itself. This recording from July 1986 features the lunchtime show with current pop hits presented by Will Rogers, who had one of the stranger mid-Atlantic accents of the pirate era. He also features on many of the adverts. MBC was relaunched as Stereo Radio Munster in 1987. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tape may have been recorded from one of the Limerick City frequencies, 95.9 or 98.6 FM. There is no date but Part 1 above runs from 1304-1349 and Part 2 below from 1351-1437.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/pirate.ie\/archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/8064AI-B-192.mp3\"><\/audio><figcaption>Part 2 from 1351. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> The tape is from the Anoraks Ireland Collection, donated to us by Paul Davidson. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Munster Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) was one of the smaller Limerick pirates, broadcasting in 1986. Despite the gradiose name, the station was situated in a tiny loft room on Catherine Street in the city centre. 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